Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] of his [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came directly to the parlour shared by Astorre , John and Tobie , followed by servants attempting to rid him of his wet cloak . |
| 2 | The Financial Times of April 9 suggested that Ye , a reformist who had been building Guangdong into a " free-wheeling relatively autonomous province " , had been appointed to the new central post in order to deprive him of his regional power base . |
| 3 | To say nothing of his general right of liberty or reputation , his rights as a husband or a parent are not proprietary rights , nor is his right to recover damages for personal injury or defamation ; but we may include among proprietary rights the right to recover damages though unliquidated ( i.e. of uncertain amount until settled by a judge or jury ) for breach of contract , or , probably , even for injury to his property . |
| 4 | He became hostile to his friends , and , as though trying to cure himself of his homosexual nature , he began pursuing women more vigorously than ever . |
| 5 | But Donna Frizzell never failed to remind her of his dragging progress through school , compared to Betty and Joanne 's smart performances . |
| 6 | She had consented to intercourse with him and would not have done so had she known of the disease , yet her consent was not vitiated by his omission to tell her of his bodily condition . |